Our Baby grand daughter has arrived !

I am so excited I could burst my daughter gave birth to a little Girl " Summer Rose" on Wednesday at 17:54 from a very long labour.she weighed in at 8lb 1 oz.

I was present at the birth with her partner it was amazing but very upsetting to see my daughter in pain.

I am glad I have had my children if not I think it would have put me off !!

This is me and my husband very proud Grandparents  having our first cuddle .

I have been really slack with card making i have just been making as i have needed them( not like me as I am very organised lol) but now she has come along I think I am going to attempt scrap booking as it would be lovely to give her when she is older .

Happy Everything card

Just a quick post I received some new stamps this week so thought I would use them to make my mums Mother's Day card.
Very minimal for me !
To all Mothers hope you all have a lovely Mother's Day tomorrow !

WMS Blog Party January 2013

This is the first waltzingmouse blog hop over at  Waltzingmouse Makes Blogspot for 2013 and the theme is love.

I thought I would come out of my comfort zone and try something a little different so I have made a shaker card.

Recipe:

Stamps :

Waltzingmouse Vintage garden

Dies:

spellbinders hearts PTI tag die, hearts border die.

Other :

Heart pin,washi tape, gems from stash. SU Heart punch

Gifts from my kitchen January challenge

Last year Deborah Nicholas brought out her first book Gifts from your kitchen you may have come across Deborah from her blog www.countryheartandhome.blogspot.com she is one very talented lady /mum who has lots of fab recipes over on her blog and now in her book.
I had her book brought for me for Christmas but haven't had a chance to make anything , so today I thought I would enter January challenge over on facebook ( gifts from your kitchen).
The challenge was to create your own version of her Hidden surprise cupcakes my variation was to break up my Oreo cookies and mix them in the cake mixture, I also crumbled up some to add to my topping and on some I added a cherry on top.
They taste lush they have a lovely texture running through them.
Her book is available on Amazon if you would like to try out some of the recipes !

Late night crafting , gift tags !

Just a quick post to show you all some gift tags I have been making tonight after seeing Melissa Phillips post today.
I love her blog and always finds lots of inspiration on there !

Waltzingmouse sketch challenge #127

Here is the sketch for this weeks challenge over at the waltzingmouse sketch challenge blog spot .

I just received this Vintage Ornaments stamp set from them this week and absolutely love it I also purchased the matching Spellbinders dies.

You may not be able to see very well but I took the star images and stamped the background paper with them using silver ink and glitter.

Make it Monday # 94 Glitter detail

This is my 3rd card for this weeks make It Monday challenge .

My husband has a birthday next week so I pulled out my On the links stamp set and the glue pen and glitter and glittered the golf heads on the clubs and also added a little glue around the top of the button.

Make it Monday # 94 Glitter detail

This weeks challenge for Make it Monday is to use some glitter detail on your project .

I have used a glue pad and the window frame stamp and then added glitter to the windows. 

I also used some glossy accents on the candy canes and then sprinkled glitter on these.

Recipe :

All Papertrey Ink unless stated

Stamps: Gingerbread Lane , Love lives here Holiday

Dies : Gingerbread lane , Edger die, Banner Die , Loop border die

Inks: Pure Poppy,  Sweet Blush , Classic Kraft

Card: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush , Classic Kraft

Other : Pure Poppy Felt, Sweet blushVintage button, Diamonds

Make it Monday #94 Detail glitter Technique

This weeks challenge over at Nicole Heading Capture the Moment blog is to use some glittered detail on your project.

I pulled out my Stickles and added detail to the back two trees on my card , simple but just gives the card a little pop !

Recipe: All Papertrey Ink unless stated

Stamps: Love lives here Holiday , sentiment cut from Tree Trimming trio

Ink: Simply Chartreuse

Dies: Mat Stacks 4

Card and ribbon from stash.

I have had a very sad week !

We had to have our 14 year old dog Charlie (the larger dog) put to sleep on Sunday he had another seizure last Wednesday and seemed to be fine afterwards but then a couple of days later he could hardly stand on his legs and kept falling into things.

We took him to the vets and he said he thought he had a brain tumour .

So this week has been really hard for me and my family as we miss him so much the home seems so empty without him.

I know time is a healer and he is not suffering anymore and he lived to a good age.

I have been trying to keep busy at home to take my mind of it all and decided to make my first Gingerbread house which I am going to give to my young Nephews.

"Papertrey October Blog Hop Challenge"

Hi today is the October blog hop over at

http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/

The theme is using non traditional Holiday colour schemes I have chosen the above colours for mine.

I made a gift box with 6 cards and 6 matching Tags .

Have taken a few pictures to try and capture some of the detail.

I love making little gifts for other people so I am going to give this set to a friend or one of my sisters 

( dont think my younger sister will like the colours ) But we will see.

I have used lots of stamp sets and dies for this little package so hopefully I will remember to list them all !!

Recipe :

All Papertrey Ink unless stated

Stamps : Tree Trimming Trio , Holiday Lights , Think Big 20 , Fancy Flourishes.

Dies :  Tree Trimming Trio Tree , Button  , Loopy border , Oval tags,Rouns tags , tag it

Card and Ink :Raspberry Fizz , Hibiscus Burst , Aqua Mist , Hawaiian Shoes.

Other :Vintage felt , Vintage buttons , Glitter , Hawaiian shores ribbon , White Ribbon from stash

I am off to do some blog hopping and gain some new Inspiration x

Waltzingmouse blog hop October

Colour Theme For October Blog Hop

This months theme over at 

http://waltzingmouse.blogspot.co.uk/

is to use the following colours Purple, Orange and Black.

Not the sort of colours I would usually chose but thought I would join in anyway.

Stamps :

Waltzingmouse Vintage garden seed packet.

A short post today as I have loads to do and very little time have just finished 10 Christmas cardsthis morning so would like to fit a few more in before lunch and walking the dogs x

Clearly Besotted stamps card

Just a quick birthday card using my new stamps from 

clearly besotted stamps

I just love this set , I love all the little details on the Butterfly and taey are so easy to cut around I cant resist adding one to every card I am making at the moment.

This is a very simple card for me I very really do a card where less is more .

Off to make some more of this style for my stash.

 Hope you all have a lovely week.

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #119

Here is my take on the sketch this week over at

http://waltzingmousesketchchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

This is one of my new sets I purchased from Waltzingmouse stamps last week and I am loving them cant put them down, I am hoping Claire is going to bring out some more stamps to go with these sets.

Stamps:

Waltzingmouse stamps

Vintage garden seed packet

Vintage garden produce

Make It Monday #86: The Inside Edition

This weeks challenge over at http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2012/10/make-it-monday-86-.html

Was to stamp inside your card.

I am also showcasing for the first time Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes please take a look at Stephanie's shop http://www.clearlybesottedstamps.com/

I have got to say I am really happy with my stamps they are beautiful right up to the little details on the butterflys I cant wait to purchase some more.

Recipe:

Stamps : Butterfly Wishes Clearly besotted stamps. Turning a new leaf PTI

Card: Fine linen paper and patterened paper PTI

Dies :Victorian lace border PTI. Turning a new leaf PTI.Spellbinders ovals

Inks: Sweet blush. spring Rain, New leaf PTI

Other:Ribbon , Beads and flowers from stash

Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge 116

Here is my take on this weeks sketch over at 

http://waltzingmousesketchchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

I thought I would go with Fall colours again as this is a bit out of my comfort zone.

Again I have used one of my favourite Waltzingmouse stamp sets Victorian Frippery I love the little detail stamps that you can play around with  .

Supplies :

Stamps Waltzing mouse Victorian Frippery and Big day additions.

Card, inks, ribbon, button and die Papertrey Ink

Make It Monday #84: Reflected Sentiments

This weeks Make it Monday challenge over at http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/2012/09/make-it-monday-84-.html

was to use reflected sentiments on your project.

I used mine with the Thanks so much stamp and then I just inked up the Thanks from this sentiment and repeatl the stampedreflected lookon to my wine bottle tag.

Recipe:

Stamps PTI Table service, Dies PTI , Card, Inks amd Vintage buttons PTI

"Papertrey September Blog Hop Challenge".

Today is the September blog hop over at http://nicholeheady.typepad.com/capture_the_moment/

The challenge this month is all about wrapping up using fabrics , felts etc

This gift box uses the SU Pillow box die.

This gift box uses the PTI Seed packet die cut from felt from my stash.

This gift box Uses the PTI Favour it box 2 die.

Recipe :

All Papertrey Ink unless stated

Stamps 2011 Holiday tags, Dies Love lives here holiday, Seeing Stars , Fillable frames 9.

Hope we all gets lots of inspiration for the up coming holiday seasons from todays blog hop .

Waltzingmouse Blog party September

Supplies:

Stamps:Waltzingmouse Victorian Frippery

http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/victorian-fripperie

Waltzingmouse Big Day Additions

http://www.waltzingmousestamps.com/products/big-day-additions

Inks and card  :Papertrey Ink

Dies : Spellbinders Circles & Positively Me , Sizzix Pillow box

Ribbon, Card, felt & stick on jewels from stash

Today is the blog party over at Waltzingmouse stamps and the theme is Fall.

I am currently enjoying making background papers so I thought I would have a play and make one using Fall Colours.

This has given me inspiration to make more cards using these colours !!

Gingerbread men Christmas cards

Supplies:

Stamps Walzingmouse stamps, Paper,inks, Dies Papertrey Ink

I love these stamp sets they are so cute x